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ancestral,\"Alfonsina Storni  \nText 2:\"Redención,\"Juana de Ibarbourou  \nTheme in the text:La experencia del dolor  \n# 5 The essay clearly analyzes the literary devices and compares the theme in both texts.\n\n·  Effectively analyzes rhetorical,stylistic,or structural features in both texts in relation to thedevelopment of the theme.  \n·  Analyzes the development of the theme in both texts to support comparative analysis.  \n·Includes an explicit statement of purpose(thesis),a coherent structure,and a cohesive and logicalprogression of ideas in a well-developed essay.  \n·  Supports analysis by integrating specific,well-chosen textual examples throughout the essay.  \n4 The essay analyzes the literary devices and compares the theme in both texts;description and narration are present but do not outweigh analysis.  \n·Discusses rhetorical,stylistic,or structural features in both texts in relation to the development ofthe theme.  \n·Explains and compares the presence of the theme in both texts.  \n·Includes an explicit statement of purpose(thesis),a coherent structure,and a logical progression ofideas.  \n● Supports analysis with appropriate textual examples.  \n3 The essay attempts to analyze the literary devices and compare the theme in bothtexts;however,description and narration outweigh analysis.  \n·Describes some rhetorical,stylistic,or structural features in both texts and attempts to explaintheir relevance to the theme.  \n·Describes the presence of the theme in both texts.  \n·Includes a statement of purpose,evidence of organization(a stated topic,an introduction,aconclusion),and a logical progression of ideas.  \n·  Elaborates on main points and supports observations with examples;however,the examples maynot always be clear and relevant.  \n·Contains some errors of interpretation,but errors do not detract from the overall quality of theessay.  \nNote:If the essay has a significantly unbalanced focus on one of the texts,the analysis must be good toearn a score of 3.In an essay that does not include literary devices,the discussion of the theme in bothtexts must be good to merita 3.In an essay that suggests a lack of understanding of the theme,thediscussion of literary devices in both texts must be good to merit a 3.  \nAP®SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE2015 SCORING GUIDELINES  \n# 2 The essay shows little ability to analyze the literary devices or compare both texts;summary and paraphrasing predominate.\n\n·Identifies some rhetorical,stylistic,or structural features in one or both texts,but may not explaintheir relevance to the theme.  \n·  Describes the presence of the theme in one text,but the description of the theme in the other textis weak.  \n·  May not clearly state a purpose or be organized around a central idea or argument;progression ofideas may not be logical.  \n·  Presents main points and some details,describes basic elements of texts,but may do so withoutexamples or supporting an argument.  \n·  Contains some errors of 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